Dr. Kapil Kochhar

Dr. Kochhar is a highly skilled surgeon specializing in Minimal Access Surgery (MAS) and Bariatric Surgery. With nearly 35 years of experience, Dr. Kapil has more than 100,000 Surgeries (both open and laparoscopic) to his credit. He honed his laparoscopic skills by doing observerships at:

1.        1.Mount Sinai hospital, New York.

2.        2.Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London.

Besides working with the top corporate hospitals in Delhi & NCR like Fortis , Max and Artemis in past, he has conducted minimally invasive surgeries at remote places all over India thereby spreading the awareness about these surgeries all over the country. From Imphal in Manipur to places like Dhanbad, Jharia, Pilibhit , Bareilly, Rewari, Dehradun etc.

He has conducted laparoscopic surgery camps in Malawi, Nigeria, Afghanistan and very recently Congo. He possesses a wealth of surgical knowledge and has achieved success in performing a wide range of Laparoscopic Surgeries, both in India and abroad. Not only advanced general surgery procedures, he also does complex Gynecological laparoscopic procedures. Patients from even countries like USA and Canada, who have been advised open surgeries, come to him for laparoscopic gynecology surgeries. Not only this he has been instrumental in laparoscopic training of young surgeons and gynecologists from India and abroad.

He is a board-certified surgeon for training DNB students. He is also a faculty at

1. Ethicon Hernia Academy, Delhi

2. The Medicity, Gurugram: Centre for providing online and onsite laparoscopic training of young surgeons both from India and abroad.

International Assignments

• Instrumental in establishing the first IVF centre in Kabul, Afghanistan by providing them support for laparoscopic surgery. Also started basic laparoscopic general surgery at Wahaaj Hospital, Kabul, Afghanistan in multiple visits from October 2010 to March 2011
• OPD camps in various cities of Nigeria in 2011 and 2012. Facilitated their treatment in India at Artemis Hospital
• 5 day camp for surgery patients in Malawi, Africa 2012
• Laparoscopic surgery camps at Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (June 2023 & January 2024)

Some of the commonly performed surgeries by him are:

1. Routine Gastro intestinal surgeries –

• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Lap inguinal Hernias
• Lap incisional hernia
• Lap Appendix
• Laparoscopic redo hernia surgeries

2. Laparoscopic fundoplication for hiatus hernias (both fresh and redo )- 

• Hellers myotomy for achalasia cardia
• diaphragmatic hernias
• Truncal vagotomy and gastro jejunostomy
• Highly selective vagotomy

3. Bariatric procedures for weight loss  - 

• Sleeve gastrectomy
• Mini gastric bypass
• Roux n y gastric bypass
• Revisional bariatric procedures
• Reversal of bariatric procedures

4. Allurion swallowable balloon for weight loss-

• Endoscopic intragastric balloons

5. Advanced Laparoscopic  gastrointestinal procedures –

• Laparoscopic intestinal resections
• Lap Peptic ulcer perforations
• Laparoscopic total colectomy for ulcerative colitis
• Laparoscopic right/ left hemicolectomy
• Lap omental resection, Laparoscopic cystogastrostomy
• Laparoscopic CBD explorations, Lap Choledochoduodenostomy
• Lap hydatid cyst excision

6. Ano Rectal Surgeries –

• Laser fistula / fissure / haemarrhoidectomy ( piles )
• Conventional surgery for piles/fistula/fissure
• Stapled anopexy/ starr procedure
• Recurrent/ failed piles and fistula surgeries
• Lap rectal prolapse surgery, Lap sigmoid resections

7. Laser surgery for varicose veins

• Laparoscopic subfascial ligation (SEPS),
• Chemical ablation of varicose veins
• RF ablation of varicose veins

8. Laser  pilonidal sinus surgery

• Redo pilonidal sinus surgeries
• Flap rotation for pilonidal sinus

9.Urology & Genital –

• Hydrocoele, Laparoscopic varicocoele,
• Stapler circumcision
• Laparoscopic pyelolithotomy (kidney stone )
• Laparoscopic ureteric stone
• Cystoscopy and DJ stenting
• TURP for enlarged prostate
• Cystectomy, Open surgery for ureteric/kidney/bladder stones
• Laparoscopic nephrectomy (total/ partial)
• Lap surgery for polycystic disease of kidneys
• Penile surgeries with femoral dissections for cancer penis
• Orchidectomy (for testicular tumors)

1  Breast- Benign breast lumps, abscess drainage

• Ductal surgery, mammographic guided breast biopsies
• Simple and modified radical mastectomy for cancer breast
• Quadrantectomy

1  Thyroid & Parathyroid –

• Hemi thyroidectomy
• Subtotal thyroidectomy
• Total thyroidectomy with or without neck dissection
•  Parathyroid gland removal for adenoma
• (Parathyroidectomy)

   Cancer Surgeries- breast cancer

• Whipples procedure for pancreatic cancer
• Partial / total gastrectomy for stomach cancers
• Colonic resections for cancer colon
• Soft tissue sarcoma tumour surgery

   Head & Neck - Lymph node biopsies

• Superficial and total parotidectomy
• Neck dissections
• Scalenus anticus syndrome surgery

    Advanced Gynecology surgery-

• Total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH)
• Laparoscopic myomectomy ( for large uterine fibroids)
• Hysteroscopic myoma resections
• Tubal cannulations for blocked tubes (infertility)
• Hysteroscopic septal resections
• Laparoscopic complex ovarian cysts (endometrisiois and benign)
• Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for cancer body uterus and cervix
• Laparoscopic vault prolapse. Besides these minimally invasive surgeries he is performing all open general surgery procedures including trauma surgery.

    Trauma and Emergency –

• Accident cases where there is multiorgan damage like haemothorax ( blood in chest)
• Fracture ribs, Liver injuries
• Traumatic intestinal damage
• Splenectomy, Major vessel repairs
• Stoma formations
• Reversal of stoma formations
• Extensive muscle and tendon repairs

    Miscellaneous & minor procedures-

• Lipoma / cyst/ lump/mole excision
• Abscess drainage
• Ingrowing toe nails with nail bed excision
• Corns

 Awards & Recognition:

• Dr Kapil Kochhar was awarded the IMA South Delhi Branch Chikitsak Rattan Award for excellence in healthcare

Publication & Presentation

1. Paper entitled “Study of upper airway obstruction in patients of goiter using flow volume loops and the effect of surgery on them”, published in World Journal of Surgery, 24, 1570 -1572, 2000

2. Presented following papers at the Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India in Dec 1995:

    a) Mini cholecystectomy a viable option for the general surgeon.

    b) Pulmonary functions after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

    c) Comparison of different methods for evaluation postoperative pain.

    d) Study of upper airway obstruction in patients of goiter by flow volume loops and the effect of surgery on them.

3. Involved in the research project entitled “Feasibility of inguinal hernia repair by laparoscopic surgery”.